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Introduction

While GSBPM describes the entire statistical production process, GSIM describes the information input and output objects of each individual process. The descriptions of information objects at each step of the process are needed to develop software performing specific tasks at each step. A common framework to describe information objects along the production process will allow software developers to create tools that can easily be transposed from one statistical institution or department to another (plug-and-play model). The first operational version of GSIM is expected to be released towards the end of 2012.